Up-side-down Villa Savoye

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Villa Savoye at Helan Shan贺兰山, Ningxia Province
This project is done by Song Yongping, along with other 11 artists designing 12 houses at Helan Shan, which is called Helan Shanfang贺兰山房, organized by Lv Peng, a "uropian artisitic critic".
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye , France (1929)

Comments

Anonymous said…
it sucks
March 5, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Anonymous said…
This kind or architecture can't be turned upside down or it loses its meaning as a whole
March 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM
hypo said…
Dotty Piloti, Excellent!

What's the exact address?
http://www.hypo.io/index.php?sor
August 10, 2010 at 4:45 AM
palmcop said…
Quite useful info, thanks for this article.
April 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM
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